Importance of Urban Green Areas in the Context of Current and Future Global Changes: Lessons Learned from a Case Study in Bratislava (Slovakia)

Ingrid Belčáková (), Martina Slámová and Zuzana Demovičová
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Ingrid Belčáková: UNESCO Department for Ecological Awareness and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia
Martina Slámová: UNESCO Department for Ecological Awareness and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia
Zuzana Demovičová: Labak s.r.o., 82109 Bratislava, Slovakia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-20

Abstract: As one of the largest cities in Slovakia, Bratislava needs to proceed with the greenery concept with regard to mechanisms for adapting to climate change. The potential of developing new areas can be seen in public, semi-public, and private spaces. In this sense, the aim of our research was to map the current situation of urban greenery in the city, identify the capacity for enhancement of small urban green spaces, and present the option of participating in the development of green areas in the selected places to the city’s inhabitants. The condition of urban greenery was analysed and described, with a special emphasis on the untapped potential of green areas on housing estates. Using examples from abroad, cases of successful revitalisation of urban greenery areas on housing estates are given, and the main problems faced by the selected region were assessed. Apart from the above-mentioned main aim, there was the intention to discover new trends for using greenery in the urban environment, to compare past and present conditions, or to present new options and possibilities for designing greenery. A proposal to set up a new system of private and semi-public green areas is viewed as a possible promising result. As another required step, we analysed the effect that different types of information media have on the strengthening of relationship between the city and its inhabitants, i.e., to improve the communication dialogue by establishing an online platform on greenery issues and to increase attention as well as inhabitants’ participation in public life.

Keywords: urban greenery; small urban green spaces; city temperature; local governance; public participation; urban planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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